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i P THEOJLU V DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , JANUARY 2C. . 1800. SIXTEEN IMAGES S I Embroideries " 8-W Linens , 1 BLACK I DRESS GOODS | [ _ aH-BPMtg _ _ _ -ns-wfii s S llBrv Cloaks J | i I ! 1 1 Underwear i • IHF Gloves > BOOKSBOOKS 1 " _ I f THE IRISH NATIONAL LEAGUE \ An Auditing Ccmmlttoo to Moot In Dotrolt January 20. • • > _ _ : - MADE UP OF PROMINENT MEN Omaha's Mnyor Will Take a Stand In ' the lnveatlentlon Covington's gLcr Complaint JHsmtsKcrt-Ilolp V or South Dakotas . 's ' Irish National JLqokuo Invesilaatlnn Lincoln , Neb . Jan 25. jSpecInl to The Bbb.J President Fitzgerald of the Irish National League of Xmorica makes the following . announcement regarding the audi ting committee re cently uiQtitlonod In Tub Dei ; : M'lio committee will moot In Detroit , Mlcb , January 29 , lbStf and will then begin Its work , . of auditing the nccounts of the loneuo from ' its organization to the present time The following are the gontlouion who will act on the commlttco : Hon John J. O'Connor , a prominent capitalist and citizen of Elinlrn , N Y. ; Hon If C. Cusblng , mayor of Omaha ; O'Brien J. Atkinson of Port Huron , ' a 'lonillng Michigan lawyer and onu of the most respected citizens of . that state ; Pnllip McCakll , a practical accountant ana well known oitizon of St Louts , Mo , who will _ also act as rcpresontativo of the Pust-Dls- JMPr"patch , which Journal raised $0UX ) for the ( f ( Irish causa lust spring ; Hon J. . - VY Fitzgernld , forniorly or Cincinnati - - * % _ . cinnati , hut now of St Marys , Kan ; Hon Thoaias Trutc , city treasurer of Do- - trolt , Mlcb ; William J. Gloasoo , a profes sional accountant and a well known citizen of Cleveland O. Canada's representatives will bo the Hon John Ileum , a member of the legislative council of Quoboo province and one of the wealthiest Irishmen , as welt ins ouo of the ablest citizens of Quebec ; Follx Carfrny , cx-membor of parliament for Quebec , west , and onu of the most prominent nicrcbunts of that city Mr Carbray was the mover of too unll-coercion resolutions passed by the Quoboo legislature ; Mania -Duttlo , collector of inlund revenue , Ottawa , and ono of the most esteemed otizeus of tbn Dominion capital , The following gentlemen wore alto invited , but for various reasons were una bio to attend : How Dr T , J , Conaty , Worcester , Mass ; Hon John J. Donovan , Lowell , Mass ; Hon James Moouey , Huifulo , N. Q. ; Hugh McCaffrey , Philadelphia , Pa , vice president of the league ; Uodorlck J. Kennedy , treasurer of the league , Now York ; Hon , TV PowderJy , grand muster workman of the Knights of " Labor , Scruuton Pu : Hon Patrick Poland , Clnclnnutl , O. ; Hon John A. McSuutio , , * \ Omaha if fl Hon John Fitzjorold una Hon John P. 11 > Sutton of this city leave at 1 o'clocic to * J i ' morrow for Detroit , Tbey expect to bo 1 Joined at Omaha by Mayor Gushing TUB C0.V1N0.T0K C051M.AIXT. The following roommondation of the I I secretaries in the complaint of the Citlzons of Covington vs the Chicago , St Paul , Minne apolis & Omaha , was adopted bv tbo state i . . board of transportation this uiorniugi * The case of the Citizens of Covington , com > . plalnants vs the Chlcsgo , St , Paul , Mlnno- • spoilt < fc Omaha Kalltvuy company , respond j ent 1 his complaint wes muiio against the i respondent railway company to compel the i , company to glvo train service to tbo citizens i ' of the village of Covington , Dakota a > unty , ' > When this company first put the railway In i operation from Sioux City , la , to Omaha , Neb , it made tbo transfer across the Mis souri river by transfer boats and kept and . maluUiiued a depot at Covington , where i passenger * might board and leave its trains The trunsfor of the railway trains of the respondent - spondent company by trausfer boats was at- v tended , necessarily , with great ox | > ense and 1 _ J Inconvenience to the company , and many r vexatious aud damaging delajs occurred to i _ _ B a the patrons of tbo road To avoid this thu _ P * Chicago , St , Paul , Minneapolis „ Omaha Hallway company constructed u brldgo i across the Missouri river at a point bo mo two i . mlles below the vlllngooft'Covington , and as soon as the s imo was cumploted , nbandonod the former practice of transferring train b across the Missouri river by boats , and proceeded - coedod to run its trains across the bridge , and ' so made a now station about ono and one-halt miles below its former station , and practically 1 , so far as the Dassengor traflio is concerned < , abandoned its depot at the village of ( Covington ; This company purchased the Sioux ! City & Nebraska Hallway company's franchise It was with the Sioux City & Nebraska that the agreement was made , if at all , and that company sold its franchlso to the Chicago , St Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha , Secretaries Gilnison and Gilchrist vlsltod Covington and made a personal examination of the matter complained of , not only at Covington but of the Burroundlng country as well , and came to the conclusion that under the prosnnt arrangement of Bald respondent company the people of Dakota county are better and more efficiently accommodated than thev were under the former condition wbon too transferring was done by boats and the station was maintained at Caving ton ' That the citlzons of Covington are put to some ' inconvcnlonce by tbls new arrange meut will oo namlttcd , but on the other hand , It is thought that a much larger num ber of the citizens of Dakata county would bo put to a greater inconvenience by the change of trains from South Sioux City , and certainly the traveling public have some rights to consideration in the adjustment of this question In tbo matter of tbo legal rights of the citlzons of Covington to enforce a contract ngalnst the Chicago , St Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha maao with tbo Sioux City & Nobroaka , tboro are numerous authorities cited to show that this company cannot bo hold to fulfill the promises made by the Sioux City & Northern to tbo village of Covington The complaint was dis missed STATE J10USE GOSSIP At a mooting of the State Hoard of Educai ttonal Lands and Funds held tbls morning , Land Commissioner Steen was Instructed to locate the 41,41)9 acres indemnity of school lands which are yet duo tbo state from tbo general govern ment The state has already located 115,000 acres Sometime ugo 3,105 acres wore located In Cheyenne county , but settlers rushed in on It mid made entries uudor tbo homestead , timber culture and pro-omptloa acts , and tbo Btato subsequently abandoned its claim These lands will bo selected in tbo northwestern part of the state It will be eighteen months yet , how ever , borons they are ready to bo leased Tbo coso of William Davis vs the state ; error from Greeley county , was fllod in tbo supreme court today Davis was convicted of a criminal assault on Pearl Mitchell , who wus under fifteen years of age , In the dis trict court of Qreeloy county , October 34 , 1&S9 , and sentenced to two years in the peni tentiary Tbo following insurance companies doing business in Nebraska filed tholr annual atniomeats today : Premium Losses Englo of Now York J 4,460 07 I 3,170.05 Hartford of Hartford , . . 30,33083 35.046.04 Union of Philadelphia . . 1,00.40 17.00 Jersey City of Jersey City 1,1130.73 Imperial of London 8,307.73 7.719.03 • Central Nebraska Llvo Stock of Kearney 2,809.10 2,537.35 A. E. Arlatoro , treasurer of Cbaso county , made settlement with tbo auditor today and paid Into the state treasury the sum of $3,019.03. TUB LANCASTUlt IU1I ASSOCIATION , At the bar mooilng held last night at the Lincoln law school , in the Burr block , tbo following oniocrs were eleetod for the en suing j ear : President II II Wilson ; vice presidents , Judge Allen W. Field and A. K. Talbot ; treasurer , N. L. Snell ; recording secretary , b. S. Golsthardt ; corresponding secretary , Judge HJ Whltmoro ; executive committee , H. II , Wilson cx-olHclo , E. P. Holmes , F. A. Chapman It w&s decided to bold the dedicatory ex- erclscs on the opening of the now court House on February 10 , with tbo following programme : Opening Court , Old Style , Major A. G. Hastings Addresses , , Judges Chupman and Field Call of tbo Docket.Judge Allen W. Field History of tbo New Court House . . . , , . Judge J. K. Webster History of the ( Lancaster County liar . . . Hon u W. Udllngsley Dedicatory OrationHon Q. L. Lambertson Signltgof the Uocord , . . . . , . , . , . .Uy Members of the Har It was decldod to bold a banquet on the On Monday morning we will piace on sale the largest and finest stock of Embroideries , ever brought H | to this city , Remember , that these goods have just arrived and are nev/ . H . _ gfli " * ' " in H i. i IIII MIMMIIlMMII WBWWWMWlltll lSW WIMMSMMM llllBMll | WlBBMWT . nmnMWIIIII . H I u MMBIMIMB iiT r M Mmn mfTTTir 'I ' Mill ! MUM II I If ' fi'l ' I Willi IIIMmW 'M < 1. < * MMWJWJUJ I III UriWlUMl lIULUaOPKt J IH jLast week of our Great Linen ! Sale Ladies wlr ' e not purchased this years linen should visit our H Linen department at once Special bargains in ' able amaskswith napkins to match towels & crash * ' i * j H " ' ' " " " " ' " | I j H a Extraordinary purchase of Black Brilliaiitines On Monday morning we shall place on sale a full line . of genuine English Bfilliantines , at popular prices New goods , just opened i Z ! I On Monday morning , we will offer our entire stock of Plush Sacques and Wraps , at just one half of I Bthe original price Ladies , we mean just what we say Call and see Newmarketsall , wool goods$7.50. H I- TrillrimM BBBMWllMlMIiMililMllll WMIIWMlB _ ! IBIM _ M W-r rtT-rTrTT-i-Wi MWW ! IIIMWrnill-s-Tl _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ - - llinilM IIU | | | IMg-TmOrWlI srTll.J rTli 'l ' 1-1 " ' "i'f ' s-rvtrwiJH-uL'tBL'ii ' > j --FprTT-i-lM ssr- H ssrmwiiii i r TT imimKnnwxim Sacrifice Sale of Underwear for ladies and gentlemen On Mondaj'- morning we will reduce the prices * I still lower We have a very fine and complete stock of this underwear , which we desire to I dispose of The sale of Muslin and Silk Underwear continues until January 31st. Call and see it I Sacrifice Sale of Kid Gloves On Monday we will sell Fosters , Jouvin and other standard makes , I either button or lace , at 25c to 97c. J ( $ q c 7l A I < ii ! _ WMrWW' " " " ' [ i ' > _ j , ' H Our Book Department positively closes January 31st. Only 5 days more to et standard works at unI heard of prices ; , , " * , -i . evening of February 10 for members of tbo association : and invited guests , and Messrs Holmes , Parker , Whodon , Billingsley and Talbot were appointed a committee on or- rangemonts The association will moot again on Friday evening , January ill , to furI tbor ! conslaer tbo dodiiutniy exercises IN THE 1'EDBItM , COUUT The jury in the case of A. J. Potter vs the United States brought in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for 11,850. The citation in the Grandpa Burrus case was placed in tho-hands of Marsha ) Slaughter j ; and a deputy is scouring the country for the old gentleman The citation is , made roturnnblo three days after service Is had SUCCOR VOK SOUTH DUCOTA The board o * trade is arranging to send a car of provisions to the sufferers nf South Dakota , which the Elk horn agrees to carry free of charge OOVBltSOlt'l KECErTION rO3TP0SED. . On account of Mrs Thayer's illness the reception . intended to bo given the citizens of . Lincoln next Monday evening by the gov ernor and Mrs Thaver has been postponed Duo i announcement will bo given later on CITV NEWS AND NOTES The remains of Mrs At E. Ewan were , taken . to Tulmugo today , where tbo funeral took place at 330 ; this afternoon Hov New man of the First Christian church of this city : nccomjmtiiod the mourners and con ducted the funeral services The pall bearers - ors in this city were from AdoIIo lodge , Knights ot Pythias , of which Mr Ewan is a member * . Hen F. Wise , formerly of Lincoln but now of Cincinnati , is In the city over Sunday Miss Tannio Doughty of Craig , Mo , is visiting with the family of W. M. Benton There will bo quarterly mooting services at , the Trinity M. E. church Sunday fore ncon ; Dr Miller preaches in the morning and i QvoniDg Sacrament at tbo close of tbo moinirg service At tbo Sunday ovomng service of the First Christian church Elder Newman will preach on i the subject : "Is the Old Testament Our Law Book I" At the St Paul M. E. church tbo pastor , Dr Stoln , will preach in the mornlbg on Ibo Progressive Power of tbo GospeL At tbo evening service on "A Candid Inquiry.1 ! The ladles interested In prison reform vt ork bold a social Friday evening at tbo residence of Mrs Angle F. Newman , 1724 L street A short programme was given and refresh ments served Tbo proceeds will be used in purcbasing bibles for the jails and prisons , Tbo Infant daughter of George V. and Lnttlo W. Hall died of pneumonia last even ing 1 he Yorko club hold a pleasant party at Temple hall lust evening , which was well attended , Goldwator's complaint against Ofncar Malone - lone failed to connect Victor Erickson , aged thirty-five , anl , Mrs Augusta Satnuelsou , twonty-soren , both ot Davy , were married this morning by Judge Stewart The city attorney begun suit today to recover - cover for tbp city's possession a strip of land , being that part of Nineteenth street between the south line nf IC street and the north line of J street The dofondauts are J II MoMurtrv , A. R McMurtry , William IL Van Horn , John S. Gregory and Charles F. Wilson Hank examiner Drink is in the city , Ed Hignall , the new suporlatendont of the northern divisiou of the Burlington , will tuko his place about February 1. The will of John Bishop was adinittod to probate today , Edwin Post , tbo joungWnvorly farmer who went crazy the other day , was sent to the asylum today , Late Arrests Frank Collins , Charles Swan and Ed Cnmmincs wcro among the arrests made i last night for larceny One of these stele a pair of shoes , another some cloth , and the 1 third a lady's muff Officer O'Gorman made a clover arrest last nig lit He gathered In ono A. N , llotta , who is wanted as a fugitive from justice at Dakota City , tbls state Bolts broke jail while aolog ninety days for larceuy Word has been received btho local authorities ; that the sheriff at Dakota City vrill airiyo for bis prisouer at once LtiGrippo , booh lose * . iU grip wbon 1 Chainberlulii's Cough Komedy is freely tnkon THE J COUNTY1 CpiISSIONERS Mora Boporta on the Plumbing1 In the Now County Hospital . ATTORNEY MAHONEY'S OPINION , List or the Petit Jurors Tor the Com ing Term of the District Court Xho llocho Detloi- "ency Matter That Plumbing Job Superintendent Coots yesterday transmit ted 1 the report of Assistant Superintendent McEkron and Engineer Kussoll "on the plumbing in the now county hospital to the county commissioners The report specified a ' large number of deficiencies in the sizes of pipes as compared with the plans and speci fications , as published in Tub Bee a week ago The superintendent reported that ho bad romonatratod with the contractors from time to time , but this had no effect on them The high and low pressure steam mains are not according to specifications Where the plans call for fifteen-inch mains , twelve-inch mains have been substituted , ten-inch pines lmvo been used where twulvo-inch pipes are called for and so on down the list Tbo soil pipes are Improperly eaulked and unfit for the use for which they wtro designed In the frosb air shafts a beating surface of seventy-flvo foot bus been put in , when the specifications call for 000 feet The Omaha Fair and Exposition associa tion son ( In a communication asking if that portion of the poor farm lying westot the Bell line track could bo leased for a loog torin of years for fair and exposition pur poses It was referred to tbo judiciary com mlttco with Instructions to confer with the county attorney The county attorney returned tbo report of the superintendent of the hospital on the de fective plumbing with the opinion that if the work performed by the contractors is * not in uccordanco with the specifications the board should refuse to pay for the same until thev are made to conform to tbo contract * If the contractors neglect or delay for an unreasonable time to perform their contract ot putting in the stoain beating or plumbing the board should liuvu the same put in by other parties upon the best terms which the couuty can secure , and charge the contrac tors and tbolr bondsmen with whatever ad ditional cost is made tQ.lbo county by reason of taking such slop The following isHlisMist of petit Jurors us drawn by the clerk oMue district court re ported to the commissioners : i Peter Mangold , V. H. Thomas James , Alloa , Feed Moultoo , Giloert ltustln , John IL Parratt , A. Sheer * . Tom Hurt , P. F. Barrett , M. Bolln , Mikq Csrr , George Carr , Cliff llouser , Joseph Mlchal , John Ennis , George W. Church , William W , Duncan , 11. L. Russell : Nicholas Wetzel , Jumes C. Bruner , William , Pt MoDuvitt , Thuraas > Burke , O. C. LudlowP J , Manning , Mika Toner , Joseph Kedtjian , Ed Corrlgnn , Thomas Hyan , Pat Hector , Charles Tag gart , II M. Hunt , Adam Stengline , J. A. Fry , Pierce Hyan , Peter McCaffrey , Leopold Doll * l" The county surveyocwas allowed a draw ing table and repairs Qa cases for properly storing maps , plats , etc The finance committee reported on Sheriff Coburn's bills for December and eight das in January , recommending that the amount of tii for commuting city prisoners bo de ducted , and the balance , 53 , allowed The report was udopted Tbo finance committee also reported on the report of County Clerk Kocho for the last quarter Tbo report shows that the foes of tbo office wcro not sufficient to pay ! the clerks ia tbo ofiioo aud the county clerks ' regular salary by * 15 Ci Tbo report of the county clerk made this deficiency (01.00 , but tbo tinauco committee thinks Mr Kocho ' should turn into the treasury the 810 bo re ceived for work * in too canvassing board Ex-Sheriff Coburn's bill tor boarding prisoners during December and eight days in i January wus reduced 4U35.0J , the amount charged for boarding city prisoners and for the use of the Jair Tbo reports of the committee i mittee wo ro adopted ii The .commltteo on judiciary reported ad versely on the application ot Messrs Mori arty i and Shea for an incraaso ot salary to 8150 per month The report stated that ac cording ] to the statutes it is Illegal to pay assistant county attorneys except in special felony cases , and thou ouly under the direc tion of the district court The commlttco onbridges recommended that the petition for a viaduct over tbo Bolt line on Loavnnworlh street bo placed on file Dr Peabody maao application for a position on the medical staff of the now hospital , Chairman Anderson signed the application of James Barker for admission to the soldiers diers' homo on tbo recommendation of Major T. S. Clarkson J. G. Knight was appointed as justice of tbo peace of Union precinct The Justice elected at the last election failed to qualify , thereby creating a vacancy Mr Knight was tbo justice last year LOCAL SPOUTING GOSSIP Billy Meyer and Ills Backer Billy Meyer , the famous lightweight pugilist of Streator , III , , and Leo Cboney of Bloomlngton , Mayors ' backer , will nrnvo hero this ovenlng from Chicago , on route to San Francisco Jitnmcy Lindsay received a letter from Cheney yesterday sr.ylng they would stop off here over Sunday for tbo pur pose of a conference with the officers of the Gate City Atbletio club with the view of a matob some time early In the spring between Meyer and Lindsay Ot cotirsa it is not known what sort of a purse Cboney will da nism ! for sucb a match , but It will undoubt edly bo of very rospcctablo dimensions The Gate City club , bowover will strain a point to arrange the match , as they have unlim ited conhdonco in Lindsay's irbilliles to cope with such a notable opponent , nud realize that there woulu bo money in such a match for the club , oven if thev are compelled to bang up a good stiff purse Lindsay is moro than willing to tUKo bis chances , and Will abide by wbatovor arrangements the club sees proper to make Mr Kallon nf Henoslin , Wis Patsy Fallen , formerly of this oitv , now of Kenosha , Wis , will arrive In the city this evening with the Billy Meyer party , bound for Frisco Fallen has writtou ahead Unit no opportunity should be ignored to make a match with Mover for Lindsay , ns in his opinion the Omaha boy can best him in a fin ish contest Fallen further says that the Kenosha authorities , after bearing of Lind says onsy conquests over Griffin , express the bollof that ho is as good a man , if not bolter , than Donny Neodbam , aud a likely opponent for either Meyer or McAullrTco Fallen , when in Frisco ' , will ondouvor to arrange matters for Lludsay's debut on tbo coast , and ll Is quite likely that within tbo next six months Jimmy will bavo mot the best talent in his cluss fu the country , Ho is anxious for this to bo brought about , and promlsos not to dlsapoolnt bis friends , who have so long stood by him hero undtr cir cumstances of the most unsatisfactory char acter Four GnmcN lor IInil"n Dollar The Omaha base bill clubs have made a contract with the Western Union telegraph company for a report by innings of all the games played in the Western association tbo comtuff season These will be bulletined on the grounds during tbo progress of games being played here , and tbuslbo local patrons , w lillo enioyiag the struggles of their own team , will bo kept posted as to tbo progress ot the gomes In other cities A now bulletin board much larger than the old ono will be put up at u conspicuous point on the grounds ) u time for tbo Inaugural contests The Mlddleweleht Contest Tbo amateur middleweight contest for tbo championship ot Nebraska and a handsome gold medal offered by tbo Atheneum club will open at the club rooms of tno abovaclub tomorrow night There are six entries and some interesting sport is anticipated Kltrnft of ttio Approaching Season Manager Leonard of the Omaha ball team 1 writes that bo will report In this cjty on i March 1 and bo ready to begin bustling for tbo season Tbo players will all be notified I to report'on or ubout March IS THERE ARE TOO MANY COOKS ; Beoauso the Bomalna of the Sutoldo Cannot Bo Identified HE IS NOT OF OKLAHOMA The Mystery Surrounding the Younir Mans Death Still Komains Impenetrable Prospects of a Sequel Post Mortem Tales In regard to the man Cookwho committed suicldo at the Millard hotel in this city Thursday night , the following additional particulars bavo been obtained : A Bbb reporter found Mrs Cook , Uio wife ot H. H. Cook , tho-suicldo , at tbo homo of Mrs Houston , near the Elkborn tracks , east of Twonty-fourtb street , Sbo is a small , fairly good-looking , in- toillgent woman of twcnty-ilvo yearsjot ago and bos three children aged respectively six years , three years and tbrco months Wbon asked to glvb tbo facts of bor lifo with Cook , buo readily compiled and made the following statement : "I am not sure that tbo man who Killed himself , " she said , was my husband His hair , height and size correspond but his face was so badlv discolored with blood thut I cannot say positively whether ho was my husband or not "Mv husbands name was Harry H. Cook , ana I was married to him in Toronto In 1882 , In All Saints church My fathers name Is Langton Ho lives in Toronto , and I have a brother and an undo who are in that city connected with the big publishing bouso of Hunter , lioso & Co Wo came to Omaha flvo years ago , and my husband weul to work for Loyal L. Smith and stayed with him until the failure Mr , Cook then began going through the country buying up butter and eggs and paying for thoui iu goods which ho bought at tbo wholesale stores hero Ho made money right ulong , and wo were doing nicely , A couple of years ngo I bought ono and a half acres of ground , ln West Sldo from Fred Fosdybo , and we built a small house on It Lust Bunng , whllo I was sick , my husband mudo tbo last pay ment on my place mid bad the deed made in his name In Murcb tbo bouso was burned " Your husband is charged with having burned tbo place , Mrs Cook ; . " That is a mistake and I want Tub Bee to correct it No , the house was burned oy a pralrlo tire which was sot by sparks from un EHihorn englno Cook got tno Insurance on the place and wont with the crush to Oklahoma , where he Bocured several lots in Kingllsnor and a homestead claim ' He came back in August but soon returned to Oklahoma and I did not see him alive again , although bo was here in Soptetnbcr and again in November " What about tbo other woman In the casoI" Mrs Cook hesitated a moment and then said ; Yes , there wus uuother wjtnan in case and she is responsible for the whole trouble Harry wus always good to mo until • he met that woman " Who is she , and where did bo meetbcrl" Her name is Nicholson , and her parents llvo near Klklioni village Harry met her when ho was soiling goods through the coun try After that she used to come to the bouso and inqulro for himsaying she wanted to see him on buslnes I suspected nothing wrong and did not until ho went to Okla homa and she followed him Then I found out that ho had been living at ber homo and had told her that bo would marry her as soon us bo could got a divorce from mo When he came back from Oklahoma in May ho stayed at her place , and I went there aad found all of my dresses and silverware and goods that I thought bad been burned In the flro Tbo woman had almost destroyed my dresses , which I bad when I was married , and 1 only got part of my allvorware That woman is tno cause of all tbo trouble " Mrs Cook is not yet sstlsflod that the dead man is ber husband aud is anxiously waiting the arrival of a brother of bor busbaud who i 1 lives at Brockton , Mass , , and who has been telegraphed for * Who Is i ha lie nil Jinn ? The remains of Cook , the suicide , still llo In j Heafoy & Hcafoy's undertaking rooms on • Fourteenth 1i 1 street Yesterday they were 1i vlowod by a nuniDar of people , a number of whom claimed to bavo known H. II Cook when bo Uvea in this city So far at leust as those who viewed the remains nnd claimed that t they knew the Oklahoma Cook , there Is little or no reason to bo- llevo j that the body of the sui cldo i is that of the man , who some J time ago sought bis fortune In the newly opened country The county attorney Is in possession ot a photograph I pf II ll or "Okiahomu" Cook The picture was brought to the undertaking rooms ] and the features were compared with these of the suicldo The comparison was mode : by several people who were present ' llioro' was noticed a slight similarity be tween the plcturo and the doooased in tbo cheek ' bones and the nose , but that was all In the photograph , tbo foroncad was low and the hair dropped , over that feature , whllo the brow of the dead man was both high and broad and on oittiar side of iho median line of the frontal the hair had disappeared for a couple [ of iuchos beyond that murkod on tbo photograph Among tbo visitors were Mr and Mrs Houston With these Mrs , H , H. Conko is now living They were accompanied by a young lady , whoso namu was not ascertained , and a woman who gave tbo name of Mrs Hoffmmstor They were all shown the remains Mr and Mrs Houston'hud known 11. Ii Cook well , but both claimed that the deceased was not the Oklahoma man Mrs Hoffinoistur claimed to have soon H. II Cook two months ago and that she know him well So fur us known , she Is the person who saw tbo Oklahoma man last She stated positively that ho wus not tbo man who bad committed suicldo The party left the rooms and In about half an hour returned with u Dr Ward and desired - sired to again view the remains The white * covering was removed and Mr Houston exclaimed - claimed thut the body was that of the Okla homa man , aud tbo next minute thut it was not be Dr Ward , however , was posltlvo that It wus ho becuuso ho bud attended Cooks ' family and knew H. II Cook well The lat ter hud two moles upon his back The back ' of the docoascd was exposed and no moles could bo found TheJdlscovcrysatlsled | ( tbo doctor that the suicldo bud never bcoa bis patient One of the ladles said that she could Iden tify the man by bis shoes She wus shown these of tbo deceased aud declaimed that the suicide was not II II Cook The latter were a big shoo , three sires larger than these of tbo dead man , and these of tbo docoasud were soft whllo these of the Oklahoma man were very rough Those facts coupled with the failure of the wife to identify the remains ot tbo dead man as those ot her husband leaves tbo mystery still unraveled There Is no doubt now that a story re mains to bo told of the young man who so recklessly took his 11 to on Friday last lUlKVlTIHS The Tlioosopbical socloty moots at room S0. > , Sboely block , uvory Sunday at 4 p. m. Everybody welcome Wednesday and Sat urday evenings the library is open to tbo public At a meeting of tbo Central Labor uuioa Friday night Gcorga Kleffuer wus elected president und William Sebnng recording secretary The morning services at the First Baptist cl > urch , , corner ot Fifteontb and Davenport streets , will bo conducted by tbo pastor , tue Key A W. Lamar Mr , Cullls , the evan gelist , will preach In the evening Union Puclflo council of the Iloyal Arca num will glvo Its first muslculoand reception tomorrow evening In the Elks hall Conti nental building , Tbo commlttco having the nusicale and reception in cbargu is com posed of E. C. Snyder , J , ll Proslon , J. I ) . Kholdon , Sidney Smith and William Gygor The Madrigal club will furnish tbo musical programmo aud the Musical Unlou orchestra tbo dance music Tbo event promises to t * very delightful